Update techdocs/scaffolder with new function parameters of runDockerContainer

Signed-off-by: Himanshu Mishra <himanshu@orkohunter.net>

packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import { runDockerContainer } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import { PassThrough } from 'stream';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
@@ -78,6 +79,14 @@ export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
       );
     }
 
+    // Directories to bind on container
+    const mountDirs = new Map([
+      // Need to use realpath here as Docker mounting does not like
+      // symlinks for binding volumes
+      [await fs.realpath(inputDir), '/input'],
+      [await fs.realpath(outputDir), '/output'],
+    ]);
+
     try {
       switch (this.options.runGeneratorIn) {
         case 'local':
@@ -98,8 +107,11 @@ export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
             imageName: 'spotify/techdocs',
             args: ['build', '-d', '/output'],
             logStream,
-            inputDir,
-            outputDir,
+            mountDirs,
+            workingDir: '/input',
+            // Set the home directory inside the container as something that applications can
+            // write to, otherwise they will just fail trying to write to /
+            envVars: ['HOME=/tmp'],
             dockerClient,
           });
           this.logger.info(

plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.test.ts

@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ describe('CookieCutter Templater', () => {
     };
 
     jest.spyOn(fs, 'readdir').mockResolvedValueOnce(['newthing']);
+    jest
+      .spyOn(fs, 'realpath')
+      .mockImplementation((filePath: string | Buffer) =>
+        Promise.resolve(filePath as string),
+      );
 
     const templater = new CookieCutter();
     await templater.run({
@@ -154,8 +159,12 @@ describe('CookieCutter Templater', () => {
         '/input',
         '--verbose',
       ],
-      inputDir: path.join('tempdir', 'template'),
-      outputDir: path.join('tempdir', 'intermediate'),
+      envVars: ['HOME=/tmp'],
+      mountDirs: new Map([
+        [path.join('tempdir', 'template'), '/input'],
+        [path.join('tempdir', 'intermediate'), '/output'],
+      ]),
+      workingDir: '/input',
       logStream: undefined,
       dockerClient: mockDocker,
     });
@@ -193,8 +202,12 @@ describe('CookieCutter Templater', () => {
         '/input',
         '--verbose',
       ],
-      inputDir: path.join('tempdir', 'template'),
-      outputDir: path.join('tempdir', 'intermediate'),
+      envVars: ['HOME=/tmp'],
+      mountDirs: new Map([
+        [path.join('tempdir', 'template'), '/input'],
+        [path.join('tempdir', 'intermediate'), '/output'],
+      ]),
+      workingDir: '/input',
       logStream: stream,
       dockerClient: mockDocker,
     });

plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ export class CookieCutter implements TemplaterBase {
 
     await fs.writeJSON(path.join(templateDir, 'cookiecutter.json'), cookieInfo);
 
+    // Directories to bind on container
+    const mountDirs = new Map([
+      // Need to use realpath here as Docker mounting does not like
+      // symlinks for binding volumes
+      [await fs.realpath(templateDir), '/input'],
+      [await fs.realpath(intermediateDir), '/output'],
+    ]);
+
     const cookieCutterInstalled = await commandExists('cookiecutter');
     if (cookieCutterInstalled) {
       await runCommand({
@@ -76,8 +84,11 @@ export class CookieCutter implements TemplaterBase {
           '/input',
           '--verbose',
         ],
-        inputDir: templateDir,
-        outputDir: intermediateDir,
+        mountDirs,
+        workingDir: '/input',
+        // Set the home directory inside the container as something that applications can
+        // write to, otherwise they will just fail trying to write to /
+        envVars: ['HOME=/tmp'],
         logStream,
         dockerClient,
       });